AROUND TOWN

The Los Banos Fire De­part­ment and the Amer­i­can Red Cross will be host­ing the sec­ond an­nual Free Smoke De­tec­tor In­stall Event in the City of Los Banos on Satur­day, Nov. 10. If you are in­ter­ested in hav­ing free smoke de­tec­tors in­stalled in your home, con­tact the Los Banos Fire De­part­ment at 209-827-7025.

FALL FES­TI­VAL ITAL­IAN DIN­NER

The Los Banos United Methodist Church will present its an­nual Fall Fes­ti­val Ital­ian Din­ner and Silent Auc­tion, to aid in the church’s world­wide works and mis­sions. The din­ner will be served from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. on Satur­day, Nov. 17, at 1031 Iowa Ave., Los Banos. Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for chil­dren un­der 12. For ad­di­tional in­for­ma­tion, please call Gregg Rice at 209-761-2737.

5K TURKEY TROT LOS BANOS

The Los Banos High School Sports Boost­ers will be host­ing a 5k Turkey Trot to ben­e­fit our boys and girls cross coun­try teams on Thurs­day, Nov. 22 at 830am at Loftin Sta­dium. Cost of the event is $30 in ad­vance or $40 on day of race, in­cludes long sleeve T-shirt and pump­kin pie at fin­ish. For more in­for­ma­tion visit www.lbtiger­na­tion.com and click on boost­ers tab for signup sheet or call Joe Bar­cel­los at 209-769-1874.

If you would like to have an event an­nounced in Around Town, send in­for­ma­tion to around­town@mer­ced­sun­star.com at least 10 days be­fore the event. Items run ac­cord­ing to space avail­able.